Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Incoming links: Robert Noyce

Being naughty and creative are correlated  Updated 2025-06-17  +Created 1970-01-01

Ciro Santilli believes that there is a close link between the ability to create disruptive technology, and the desire to find bugs/exploits in systems.

Both of them destabilize society and enterprises.

Some examples:

Jobs and Wozniak's blue box
Robert Noyce's stealing a pig for a university party somewhat as a joke. This was actually a felony, but he got away with a compromise by paying the owner and being suspended for 6 months. The law is not blind, and thanks for that sometimes.
Oh, and apparently he also got a university girlfriend pregnant, and she had an abortion.
Mark Zuckerberg's FaceMash

And yes, this sometimes leads into a fine line between legality and illegality:

Ross Ulbricht from Silk Road
Aaron Swartz

Ciro Santilli's own naughty projects are listed at: Section "Ciro Santilli's naughty projects".

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Rich people who create charitable prizes are often crooked  Updated 2025-06-17  +Created 1970-01-01

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A friend of mine who's a rich man - he invented some kind of simple digital switch - tells me about these people who contribute money to make prizes or give lectures: "You always look at them carefully to find out what crookery they're trying to absolve their conscience of."

TODO who was he talking about? Robert Noyce or Gordon Moore feel likely candidates:

But do you know what, Cirism is totally fine with taking indulgences to absolve someone from their past sins, so long as they have repented. Everyone deserves a second chance.

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